The Shemwell Family

Edna Pauline WalkerAge: 81 years19171999

Name
Edna Pauline Walker
Given names
Edna Pauline
Surname
Walker
Married name
Edna Pauline McElroy
Birth November 29, 1917
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 33 days)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 11 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
MarriageGarner Fredrick McElroyView this family
June 21, 1941 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 24 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mary Jo McElroy
September 24, 1947 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 32 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 28 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death May 4, 1999 (Age 81 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Michigan Memorial Park
Family with Garner Fredrick McElroy - View this family
husband
Garner Fredrick McElroy
Birth: March 17, 1918 26 23Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 24, 2005Allen Park, Wayne, Michigan, United States
herself
Edna Pauline Walker
Birth: November 29, 1917Cumberland City, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 4, 1999Wayne, Michigan, United States
Marriage: June 21, 1941Houston, Tennessee, United States
6 years
daughter
Mary Jo McElroy
Birth: September 24, 1947 29 29Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 23, 2020Michigan, United States

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